orpheus10

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Jazz for aficionados
I overheard one of my favorite tunes "On Green Dolphin Street" and didn't know who the musicians were. The more I listened, the more the music drew me in; like this music was made just for me. Have you heard music that resonated so deeply that y... 
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Here is Gary Peacock with the people he was most comfortable playing with.                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHH3tHadtlU                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYaVbTVMZtA 
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Once upon a time the South Side of Chicago in the vicinity of 63rd and Cottage Grove was the place to be, and I was there at the right place and at the right time.All the apartments in the 3 story building we lived in had balconies, and they remin... 
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Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez from the movie "Diva".        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el38tZE9AcMI just finished seeing this DVD, quite entertaining.I think I would like to hang out with Thuy An Luu    https://www.google.com/search?q=thuy... 
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"Sort of like the Democratic party, the more they 'help people succeed', their words, the more Republican these successful people become."Most unfortunately, there is much too much truth to that; it leaves all those people who were having a hard t... 
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If you saw a Bentley half parked in a neighborhood where angels feared to tread with a couple of wino's lolling around in the back seat ready to guard it with their lives, you knew that car belonged to the Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, bett... 
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What I think or don't think is unimportant; what is and is not, is what's important. There will be some kind of music that people call "jazz", but will it be a musical expression and projection of the emotions and inner soul of man. 
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Shaft reminds me of Atlanta, that's where I was when that movie came out. As much as I liked Atlanta, I often wonder what I'm doing in St. Louis. But it doesn't make much difference where I am now, as long as it's cool in doors in the summer, wa... 
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Just like they grew cotton in Mississippi, they grew jazz musicians in our cities. I knew a few of them personally; while I idolized them, I had zero comprehension for how they did what they did. Now that our cities no longer exist, I have no id... 
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For some reason Lawrence Welk was on whether you watched him or not; there is nobody our age who does not remember "Lawrence Welk". 
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I know at least one of us will never think the same. 
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I don't get your point? No matter who played that music, Black, White, or Zebra stripped, I didn't like it. 
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Rok, most "jazz musicians" create with the process of some kind of "God given talent" plus their relentless desire to create good jazz; "the people's music".You have the "God Given" ability to "hear" the music; let your ears be your guide. 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw895OA3Yww 
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Bud Powell and Fats Navarrow made sweet music together.        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO6EOLIDVus&list=PLTepgFkW8zCAMrH8s9xPM75-kA7S6l-j8&index=3